Getting Started

Getting GHC to build on your machine

Although old code in GHC is not warning-clean, we want new code to be, and we are gradually cleaning the old modules. Here is how to cooperate with this. The rest of the same page describes the coding conventions we encourage you to use.

Deciding what to work on

You may have a pet project of your own. If you are wondering which bits of the compiler would be important for you, start by consulting the Commentary.